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Spermicidal CornIn my last entry I wrote about the not-so-sci-fi agricultural flicks that are currently happening in our culture. Someone asked about a link to the spermicidal corn. Here it is www.organicconsumers.org/patent/pharming012802.cfmThey are touting it as a population control measure that they say is much needed. When they presented it years ago to the company employees of which my husband was a part, they touted it as population control in third world countries. As my husband sat in on the meeting with the president of the company excitingly announcing the wonderful things GMO could do to help the world from inserting vaccines into corn to inserting human anitbodies into corn to inserting spermicides into corn, he couldn't believe it. The ethical boundary lines had been crossed. He looked around the room to see what others thought of it. No reaction. He was the only one to quit as a result of this and they were informed of the reason why. Before he quit he asked the group of phd corn breeders if the GMO corn can be contained. No, they answered. No. This stuff drifts and contaminates other field. Other farmer's crops are contaminated. What happens if vaccinated corn gets out? What happens if our fields are contaminated with spermicidal corn (which is being grown in Indiana now)? Currently some farmers are being sued and fined for having GMO's in their crops even though they did not plant them. Monsanto is pursuing those who have saved seeds in order to develop their own crops. Remember the parable of the ten virgins with the oil lamps? Five were foolish and five were prudent. The foolish ones took no oil with them for their lamp and tried to bum some oil from the gals who were prepared. The prudent ones did not share for there was not enough oil to share. In the end the prepared virgins were able to be with the bridegroom while the foolish ones were treated as strangers by the bridegroom. Preparedness is exalted. We are preparing. The girls are excited learning about saving seed. "Seed savers exchange" is a wonderful place to learn about this lost craft. The Famer's Wife 12:03 - 2006-Aug-19 - post comment
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